Sharing My Decorating Addiction
My name is Jackie and I am addicted to home decorating. As a child I used to drive my parents nuts by rearranging the furniture in my room all the time. Since I branched out on my own, I have transformed every place I’ve lived into a home. I started out decorating my dorm room, then graduated to a room in a college house, and later my own apartment. With my husband, I have decorated two town-homes and I am currently working on our first single-family home.
I started Teal & Lime in June 2011 as a creative outlet to share the projects I was already doing in our home. The dialogue of Teal & Lime had been playing in my head through all those projects, and I finally put into print. It is a journal of making a house our home. When I started Teal & Lime, I was still working in a confining cubicle for a large corporation…it zapped the life right out of me. I broke free at the end of 2012 to spend more time with my family and to grow Teal & Lime. I feel alive again! I get to spend lots of time with my two little boys before and after school. I get to work from my beautiful home in a light-filled, color-filled office. All the while, I continue on the journey of making my house a home and making it ours. I have been blessed to help others do the same in their homes.
Why Teal & Lime?
My love affair with all things teal and turquoise began years ago during my first kitchen remodel. I wanted a fresh and unexpected paint color for the walls. At the time, I was addicted to a long-sleeve turquoise t-shirt that, at least to me, looked fabulous with everything. I always felt great in in it. If I loved it so much in my wardrobe I figured I would love it just as much in my kitchen. Sure enough I was happy to have my kitchen wear that color every day. Oh, I still miss that kitchen. But not to worry the color lives on.
Fast-forward to a few houses later and my go-to colors, teal and turquoise, continue as staples in my home decorating. As my tastes evolved those colors remained favorites. My husband loves them too. After a while though it started to get a little too teal… on teal… on teal… The search began for the prefect accent color. Orange was a bold option, but tricky to get just right and lacked long-lasting appeal for me. Finally, in my current home I have fallen in love with splashes of lime green. Just a touch here and there is perfect. It started in my youngest son’s nursery. I chose an amazing teal for his walls. And, happily discovered a fabric I designed previously looked stunning in the room. The accent color in the fabric was lime green. I rounded up a few lime green storage bins for toys. Later when our family photographer chose lime to accent his newborn photo collage I knew it was meant to be. Teal & Lime.
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Hi, I'm Jackie
I believe your home should be a reflection of you. My home style is DIY Modern…handmade, simple, and fun, just like me!
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what a nice story
wow!! you are super talented and your passion is undeniable. Great work. I am definitely going to reproduce some of your ideas, especially the craft storage for my two little ones. Thank you, thank you!
I pinned your dining room forever ago and just now got to hunting down the original source. Love! Love the dining room, love the blog, love it all! I’ll be checking in often, as we’re getting ready to move into a new home soon! Gotta start hoarding decorating ideas now!
Jackie I just discovered your blog via IHeartOrganizing.com. Your house tour is amazing–I totally love everything you’ve done. I have developed a love of teal and turquoise in the past couple of years and am so much happier with my living room after replacing the PB’ish tan/red/black scheme. Ha. I am grateful that Target has finally come around to this color scheme as well! I can’t wait to see more of your website and order a design from you. Thanks for sharing your talent!!!
Thanks for your sweet comment. I love finding others who share a passion for designing with less conventional colors. I am so happy some retailers are coming around too…some of my faves for teal and turquoise are Target, Z Gallerie, CB2, and West Elm.
I’m left in awe!
All this creativity, inspiration and motivation, loads of ideas and diy’s – and great photos to top it! You rock! :-)
btw: Is there a way to follow you (in general – not a single project) on Pinterest?
Charlotte,
You can follow me on Pinterest at https://pinterest.com/tealandlime/.
If you want to see what others are pinning from Teal & Lime, go here: http://pinterest.com/source/tealandlime.com
Thanks Charlotte. You are too sweet.
I just discovered your blog, and I LOVE IT!!! YOu aer very talented? I just started my own blog, and when I read your about you section, it sounded like it was describing me! But you have way more talent than me. I will be reading your blog daily! Thanks for the inspiration!!
I just discovered your blog and am so glad I did! Have already gotten several ideas to be excited about! Will explore your whole blog when I have time and am looking forward to more, more, more!
Hi, I’ve been following your blog for a while now and love your style.
How can I tell my interior designer that I want some thing like yours? Is it contemporary? Modern?
Ling, we consider our style modern, and we like to mix in DIY projects and unique pieces (from any style) for an eclectic feel. Hope that helps!
Love the new photo of you!
Cute pictures of you!
I was brought to your site by BeingZhenya and I am so very glad I was! I am currently working on decorating my first family home and find myself at times struggling to do so on a budget. So I’ve started to do a lot of projects on my own and I will definitely be coming here for inspiration! Thank you!
Kristen,
Welcome! I just met Zhenya last night briefly. She was so sweet. I hope I can inspire you with my DIY projects!